Re: Cheap Source for Racks?
AP goes in the middle of the house not on top of a big pile of metal.
Old dinosaur 40lb servers will happily stay where you put them on the floor they don't need a rack.
But if you want to have more stuff then I'd think about where and how when you have the house.
And do you really need more stuff to have to move ?
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Cheap Source for Racks?
Question: I'm going to be (hopfully) moving into a house sometime in the next handful of months, and I'd like to have a rack for my blade server(s) that will be doing NAS and the like along with a 24 port gig switch (they're like $25-$40 shipped used on ebay right now
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However, the only used ones I've seen are 3 hours away at Purdue Surplus, and they're massive full height ones (for $50-$150 a pop usually), all OEM.
New ones at Fry's and online seem a bit cheaply made for the asking price. $175 for two metal poles and an anchoring plate? No thanks.
I don't need (or want) that big of a rack... 12U would work but 20+ would probably be safer, especially if I ever add anything else. Having a shelf on top would be nice as that would allow me to set my AP and (if I stay with cable) modem on top, not buried inside the rack.
It also would need to be deep (or have an open back); I have a long 2U IBM X3650 server to put in. She's a tad heavy though (40lbs?) so it would also need to be sturdy
I have heard of people using generic shelving for rackmount gear; I'd like to avoid that as I'm afraid of a cable getting snagged and things flying off the shelf.
Suggestions? Or if you're looking to sell a rack and don't live ridiculously far away, I'm interested.Last edited by ratdude747; 07-16-2017, 06:07 PM.
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